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 It was merely eight and a half short years ago that the Dutch national team was coming off of a 3rd place World Cup finish, preceded by a runner-up at the Vuvuzela Cup 2010. The Dutch had established themselves as one of the powers not just in Europe, but in the entire World. Then everyone got old and retired, and the whole program seemed to nose dive. They failed to qualify for Euro 2016 and WC 2018, but bounced back to qualify for Euro 202 Manager Louis Van Gaal  (pictured, right) One of the many recent punching bags at Old Trafford. The "Iron Tulip" has implemented a 5-3-2 formation with the national team, with two wing backs who get forward and support the attack. The Squad GOALKEEPERS: Justin Bijlow (Feyenoord), Andries Noppert (Heerenveen), Remko Pasveer (Ajax) - One of these guys is going to be starting in net, but it's not clear who as of yet. DEFENDERS: Nathan Aké (Manchester City), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan), Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), Matthijs de Ligt (Bayern Munich), Tyrell Malacia (Manchester United), Jurriën Timber (Ajax), Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan), Daley Blind (Ajax) - Defense is the strength of this team, and if it holds up like it has recently, they will be tough to beat. MIDFIELDERS: Steven Berghuis (Ajax), Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), Davy Klaassen (Ajax), Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta), Marten de Roon (Atalanta), Xavi Simons (PSV Eindhoven), Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) - de Jong sets the pace, everything goes through him. FORWARDS: Steven Bergwijn (Ajax), Memphis Depay (Barcelona), Cody Gakpo (PSV), Vincent Janssen (Antwerp), Luuk de Jong (PSV), Noa Lang (Club Brugge), Wout Weghorst (Beşiktaş) - Memphis doesn't seem phased by his situation at Barca, and he will have to drive the counter attack, ideally so they don't wind up in any penalty shootouts. The Dutch are expected to do well in this tournament and they have gotten a pretty favorable draw yet again, both in regards to their Group A company, and the teams they could potentially face from Group B and beyond. They are currently 12:1 to win the whole tournament, and if one of their keepers can step and solidify the back end, they have a real shot to do it. Ace Jameson fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Nov 16, 2022 |
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On the one hand I trust in LvG. On the other I think we'll probably get out of the group and then crash out in hilarious fashion when whoever gets made starting goalkeeper cracks under the pressure and lets in some howlers. Thanks for making the op AJ. Here goes nothing!
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Nov 16, 2022 22:51
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Vincent Janssen lol
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Nov 16, 2022 23:56
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Elliptical Dick posted:On the one hand I trust in LvG. On the other I think we'll probably get out of the group and then crash out in hilarious fashion when whoever gets made starting goalkeeper cracks under the pressure and lets in some howlers. Should've called up botman and now deserve to go out
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Nov 17, 2022 00:11
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Defense looks great and attack looks pretty middling. Weird thing to be saying about the Dutch team. What’s their likely first XI?
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Jose posted:Should've called up botman and now deserve to go out Agreed, no idea why he's not in the squad. Vegetable posted:Defense looks great and attack looks pretty middling. Weird thing to be saying about the Dutch team. What’s their likely first XI? I reckon something like this: code:E: I suck with code tags. Elliptical Dick fucked around with this message at 02:48 on Nov 17, 2022 |
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Nov 17, 2022 02:42
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I think we have the potential to lose another final folks, let’s gooooo!
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I heard somewhere LvG is half-dead with cancer? Time for the Dutch to win one for the manager
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Nov 17, 2022 04:21
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Time to win the group and the bottle it in like the r16 or QF
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people are really excited about gakpo so expect him to completely disappear
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Nov 19, 2022 05:50
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stevie b is man transformed since escaping tottenham, hoping for great things from him
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Borsche69 posted:people are really excited about gakpo so expect him to completely disappear Gakpo is coming
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Nuclear Spoon posted:stevie b is man transformed since escaping tottenham, hoping for great things from him huis or wijn?
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Sp*rs being mentioned already cover which Berg, op. Also he's been poo poo for Ajax, mr. Wijn, while the other one's actually quite good though rat-faced. Not sure how I feel about our Orangemen at this poo poo tournament, but I can' t force myself to not watch this trainwreck.
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Nov 21, 2022 15:15
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Noppert in net, no Memphis up top
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Nov 21, 2022 16:54
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Hup
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Hup Holland Hup
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Well that was disappointing
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Holland looked like they couldn't be arsed
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1 shot all game. i mean it was a goal, but this is some really sad stuff
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In Dutch media the players are saying they’re “better against the stronger teams”. Guess we’ll find out. Maybe.
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Adhemar posted:In Dutch media the players are saying they’re “better against the stronger teams”. Guess we’ll find out. Maybe. They do seem set up to hit teams on the counter rather than have to break them down so there's probably something to that.
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You’re right, and defense looks solid. Just hoping they can show some improvement on possession.
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NinpoEspiritoSanto posted:They do seem set up to hit teams on the counter rather than have to break them down so there's probably something to that. This is true, but NL were exceptionally weak in possession in this match and the defense was shaky to9 against a team that's not exactly renowned for its attacking prowess. This coming after a performance against Senegal which was very similar. I don't think it bodes well for their chances in the knockout rounds. This group of players is roughly the same as last year's Euros and I'm sure you remember how that turned out. Adhemar posted:You’re right, and defense looks solid. Just hoping they can show some improvement on possession. I have to say I don't exactly agree that the defense looks solid. Senegal and Ecuador were unable to capitalise on the mistakes that were made but they were there and stronger sides will rip this team apart if they don't improve.
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Lookin forward to the penalty kicks after 120+ minutes of scoreless play
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My grandparents came to the US from Gouda in Holland so now that the USA has been eliminated, I’m all in on Team Ned
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the lazy passing and receiving continues, but man depay added a lot of pace and pressure and dumfries went insane. they gave up a lot of possession but there were long stretches where the us couldn't move the ball forward because they'd immediately get challenged and dispossessed. while all the goals came on some really awful marking (dumfries had his hand up for like 5 minutes in the box lmao i was screaming at the tv) i do feel better about their ability to create chances. if they could just clean up the real stupid poo poo (they are good for like three brainfarts a match atm. xBrainfarts) they could trick someone into thinking they're a decent team anyway rooting hard for australia bc they wont beat argentina.
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Borsche69 posted:the lazy passing and receiving continues, but man depay added a lot of pace and pressure and dumfries went insane. they gave up a lot of possession but there were long stretches where the us couldn't move the ball forward because they'd immediately get challenged and dispossessed. honestly i think dumfries has been the best player in the team for a while now. i love him.
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A Passing Feeling posted:honestly i think dumfries has been the best player in the team for a while now. i love him. He makes Depay look way better than he is, it's cool
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I’m pretty unsophisticated at watching soccer but have rooted for the Dutch for a long time so am happy to see them back and doing well. Maybe someone smarter can tell me why I’m wrong but de Jong has looked great out there to me for a couple of games now, just every pass and touch exactly how it needs to be. He’s amazing. Love Gakpo and Dumfries too, this is a pretty fun team.
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https://twitter.com/jpw_nbcsports/status/1599133333178712064
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https://twitter.com/memphis/status/1599162018501513216 Now Memphis this isn’t bringing Lori back
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I did in fact regret it
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Netherlol.
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Louis van Fail
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send vvd back to groningen.
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